On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:53:47 -0700 (PDT), bmoore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>On Mar 20, 9:47?pm, CharlesLiu <chliu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Mar 20, 9:07?pm, Wakalukong <wakaluk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > On Mar 21, 10:23?am, chatnoir <wolfbat3...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/20/tibet.china
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>> > > Free countries must defy Chinese blackmail and greet the Dalai Lama
>> > > There is not much that we can do for suffering Tibet, but this we
can
>> > > and must. It's far more than mere tokenism
>> > > Timothy Garton Ash
>> > > The Guardian, Thursday March 20 2008 Article history
>> > > Gordon Brown yesterday promised to meet the Dalai Lama when he
comes
>> > > to Britain in May. So should all other leaders of free countries,
>> > > whenever the op****tunity arises. Anything less would shame us all.
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>> > > it wouldn't help China either.
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>> > (snip)
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>> > As usual, when the "free countries" detect any fart coming out of
>> > China (even if it's partly CIA poison gas), they'd gang up and start
>> > giving imperial orders to China. ?They'd even drag in a prince to
make
>> > it look imperial.
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>> The supposed Free countries can do so much more for Tibet. We can set
>> a good example by reliniqui****ng our stolen land, restore our occupied
>> original people's sovereignty fully - essentially "Free" our own
>> "Tibet":
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>> - US return land west of missippi
>> - UK return Northern Ireland, Faulklands
>> - AU return the entire continent to the aboriginies
>> - NZ return the entire continent to the Maoris
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>So much wrong with your complaints. Just for a start, which people
>should the Falklands be returned to? Hint: the islands were populated
>by sheep before the British showed up.
That's interesting. How do you suppose those sheep got on that island
in the first place? Fly with a pair of union jacks maybe?
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>> Easier said than done eh? Then may I point out the obvious hypocrisy,
>> and suggest we drop the good-ol colonialist "old ma'sas" mentality and
>> start listening to what the Chinese has to say.
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>Why do you want to excuse what the PRC is currently doing to Tibet
>because of what was done to the Native Americans in the past? There is
>no logic there.
No excuse is necessary. The Chinese government has been too slow and
too hesitant to crack down on those violent murderous Tibetan monks.
That's the reason why so many people's lives and properties have been
lost and damaged. Cracking down on crimes and lawlessness is the duty
of any government. Do you wish to suffer the same kind of crimes and
lawlessness if the table is turned and you find yourself in similar
situation?
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